Fifteen Minutes: Sarah Varanini, Sacramento SPCA
Sarah Varanini of Sacramento SPCA debunks the black cat urban legend.
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Planet V: Celebrating veganism contact-free
However you choose to enjoy October’s vegan bounty, recognize that it’s a tough time for restaurants in general, let alone those adding menu items in slim times. Show gratitude, TIP WELL and TIP OFTEN.
Justin Farren’s Pretty Free gets pretty DIY
Local musician Justin Farren will donate record proceeds to Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross.
Taking the BBQ online
Popular Burly Backyard event expands to raise money for Sac music venues.
This year, NorCal Noisefest is completely online and free. Tune in this weekend.
If you’re a regular attendee of Sacramento’s monthly noise-brunch, Audio Waffle, you’re well aware that Norcal Noisefest begins Friday night and continues through Sunday evening….
Pushkin’s-bred Babes opens on J Street
It may have taken Babes eight months to open, but it’s been well worth the wait.
Planet V Review: Vegan Deadly Sins
Every Yelp review is the same: “I opened [insert food delivery app of choice] looking for something new, and Vegan Deadly Sins popped up. I had no idea it existed!”
Fifteen Minutes: Jay Gist, Capitol Fight District
While the in-person gatherings are on hiatus, there are plenty of competitive gaming options out there, says the league’s founder, Jay Gist.
Fifteen Minutes: Christopher Smith, resin die maker
For those who dream of becoming their own boss, sometimes it’s necessity that turns the dream into reality.
Food fight
Live action role players compete in community food drives “When I’m trying to sell Amtgard to the normies, it’s ‘I go out into the park…
Socially-distancing the sidewalks
The festival is rolling with the punches, rebranding as Chalk It Up! Around the Town.
Anton Barbeau returns to Sacramento with Manbird
“I think originally after we saw Lady Bird, we thought, ‘Let’s make our own film called Manbird’—just kind of a joke where I wandered around the streets of Sacramento or whatever. But then I thought, ‘Wow, gotta make a song out of this.’”
Fifteen Minutes: Musician Danny Schneider
Joshua’s House Hospice, a nonprofit offering hospice care to terminally ill unhoused Sacramentans, will soon receive the proceeds of a unique fundraiser by Sacramento musician Danny Schneider.
Planet V: Microwave tamales miss the mark
Alpha Foods attempts to bridge the gap between comfort food and portability with its line of microwaveable frozen tamales.
Music review: Free Advice, Cindy
This record is—in the best way—not for dancing; it’s for swaying. Or, to make my recommendation hyper-specific to Sacramento, it’s a record to be absorbed while laying on your floor under your wall-unit AC on 100-degree-plus days.
New-old oldies for night owls
Unless you’re looking for it—and that’s if you listen to terrestrial radio at all—you’ll probably miss KJAY 1430 AM/98.1 FM on your dial. But the…
From Tupperware, with love
And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.